toronto (part two)...

24.09.2005
we headed to downtown toronto today ... it took around half an hour driving from alfred's place to the church... we would have a seminar in the afternoon and followed by a P&W gathering...

the church was another "classical" one... it was more like a theater (phantom of the opera?) than a church... its detailed hand-craft and decoration were so amazing... a very beautiful church...

the cantonese congregation was relatively "mature"... with less teenagers or young adults... but the overall response was good...

as told by the pastor... not so many christian org would come, and held events at their church... since their congregation was not large and its location wasn't in the chinese-concenrated district... //sigh...


25.09.2005
we had a busy day today... leading worship at a community church in markham... then a seminar in the afternoon... plus a gathering in the evening...

the community church had only some-30 brothers & sisters... they were quite "cold"... needed extra efforts to push, push and push them really worshipping... hopefully, some of them were willing to step up, to change and to (re)dedicate their lives to our Lord...

the seminar and P&W gathering held at HOME church - alfred's church... for the P&W gathering... the church was completely full... which was really out of our expectation...

a little story to tell...

when rev mak was calling for believing in Christ... worship team and choir were singing... alfred, who was supposed to be with his bass guitar, walked into the congregation... and we were so shocked... alfred went past the control panel... and he came to an old woman - his mum... alfred kept inviting his mum to believe in God... eventually she didn't and alfred cried...

not only alfred was crying... esther and i were crying... some others might have cried too... we felt sorry... we felt the sadness in alfred...we thought of our parents... we were touched by what alfred did...

it was the last gathering in the toronto stop... it was also my last nite with the team... so i was so energetic / hyperactive / excited during the entire gathering... indeed i knew that i would so miss the team... and i still do...